Eugene G. Shatto

Eugene G. Shatto, 63, of Kendallville, IN passed away at 6:22:44 a.m. Friday, December 6, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital with his family by his side. Born on August 9, 1956 in Auburn, he was the son of Eugene C. Shatto and Connie (Holsinger) Fisher.

While growing up, Gene enjoyed fishing, playing basketball with his friends and was on the school's track team. He graduated from Dekalb High School with the Class of 1974. On April 12, 1997, Gene married Kim (Crow) Forker at St. Matthews United Methodist Church. For over 30 years, he worked for SuperValu in Fort Wayne. Gene loved his family dearly, loved to sing, go fishing and tie flies.

Survivors include his loving wife, Kim Shatto; sons, Nathan Shatto of Angola and Joshua (Sarah) Forker of Avilla; daughters, Brandy Myers of Angola, Jessica (Paul) Slone of Avilla and Emilee (Joel Gray) Treesh of Rome City; mother, Connie (Gale) Fisher, of Angola; grandchildren, Kyle, Morgan and Emma Forker, Brooke and Derek Myers, Noah Bailee Strange, Michael, Kaleb, and Emily Slone, Devyn Gray, Nakya Treesh, Malaki and Rainah Jeffries; sisters, Gloria (Gene) Rowe of Pleasant Lake and Rose Hasch of Angola; brother, DeWayne Shatto, of Ashley; father- and mother-in-law, Dale and Sandra Barkey of Columbia City; -in-laws, Jay (Carol) Crow, Don (Kim Taylor) Crow all of Columbia City and Kent (Carla) Crow of Florida; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Shatto; brother-in-law, Terry Crow; nephew, Isaac Crow and Aunt JoAnn Morgan.

A gathering of family and friends will be 12-2 and 3-3:45 p.m. with his funeral service to begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2019 DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given in his honor to DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home. Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send family condolences online.